Dr. Angela Lauria and Matt Lowry, LPP, celebrate their 50th podcast episode by reminiscing about some of their favorite past episodes that highlighted the Top Ten Pillars of Autistic Culture:
Logic and strategy
Linguistics and accents
Deep thinking and insights
Episode 03: Poetry is Autistic (Emily Dickinson episode)
Episode 09: Fairy Tales are Autistic (Hans Christian Anderson episode)
World building
Data gathering, pattern formation, and analysis
Episode 35: Sex is Autistic (Alfred Kinsey episode)
Innovative, game-changing ideas
Episode 04: Industrial Light & Magic (Star Wars episode)
Creativity and artistic expression
Consistency and reliability
Justice and honesty
Superfanning and fictional friends
Over 49 episodes, Matt and Angela have aimed to resist a culture that is frequently hostile towards Autistics through sharing Autistic joy and by highlighting the unique contributions of famous Autistics across history. We’re here, we’re Autistic, get used to it!
At 11:06, Matt demonstrates one aspect of the Autistic accent and dialect. What does he say, and what part of Autistic Culture is he drawing from when he does it? Tell us in the comments and use #AutisticCultureCatch to share your answer on your social media and connect with other listeners!
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"I wanna be the very best, the best there ever was." is the theme song to Pokemon people! Get with it! LOL <3
And if Matt were doing a voice over actor at 11:06...
These notes might help!
* Logic and strategy - Angela (chess, Sherlock, bottom up processing, hyper connected brain)
* Linguistics and accents - Matt (Animation, Autistic accent, mazing)
* Deep thinking and insights - Angela (Emily Dickinson, Hans Christian Anderson, autigender, hierarchies, literal interpretations)
* World building - Matt (Star Wars, Pokemon, D&D, hyper connected brain)
* Data gathering, pattern formation, and analysis - Angela (Kinsey, Trivia, pattern matching, monotropic/ hyperfocus, executive function, infodumps)
* Innovative, game-changing ideas - Matt (ILM, Motion Pictures, Animation/voice over artists, Echolalia, Palilalia, Echopraxia, Scripting, Eye Contact)
* Creativity and artistic expression - Angela (Eminem, Questlove, stims and spins)
* Consistency and reliability - Matt (Trains, Dino nuggets, hyper/hypo sensitive, Autistic Inertia, Difficulty Changing Tasks Expectation Sensitivity)
* Justice and honesty - Angela (Greta, McEnroe, rejection sensitivity, emotional intensity, meltdowns, burnout)
* Superfanning and fictional friends - Matt (Star Trek, Doctor Who, intense research, information hunger, collections, Bonding through Special Interests)
Then I will go with Superfanning/Fictional friends.
Or linguistics/accents.
That was a great way to organise the notes.
That was the document we recorded from. Unlike our other episode this one was recorded live at an event which is why it sounds different. Normally we record audio on separate tracks and Aaron, our sound engineer, can fix it when we talk over each other but since this episode was recorded differently the sound is more challenging! Drive me nuts as a listener too!
The Pillar of Autistic Culture I heard in 11:06 was:
Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
He was drawing from Doctor Who?
And the Pillar involved is - Creativity
and Justice.
I was not aware that love of world-building was about "being the best that there ever was" or "best like nothing ever was".
I did know it was about making worlds better to live and work in.
Hi River!
Now that I know that the dialogue is from Star Wars:
Star Wars and Doctor Who seem to have a very different approach to hate
and the whole "Let the hate flow through you".
Questlove example was terrific!
With Questlove the work built in more and more on itself and beyond itself.
We hadn't really a vision of what a Black American musical archive could be before - or what it might take to have/be the best in that world.
I do understand the differences between the hierarchial power-over and I think the Autistic way is more of a Power To.
[and this is where the old Apple ad comes in - "The power to be your best"].
#AppleIsAutistic
When the work feels good - we can tell.
And that work stretches and reaches across different cultures.
That was a wonderful creepy voice from Matt.
Also a concept about wanting to be "as good as" / "like" people in your field/doing the thing.
And if anyone else has any ideas...